Chapter Summaries

Xue Ye arranged for Ye Buqun to spar against Sword Douluo Chen Xin, Bone Douluo Gu Rong, and Poison Douluo Dugu Bo. The three summoned their martial spirits in the imperial arena, and the battle was about to begin.

• Xue Ye asked Ye Buqun to prove his strength by fighting three Title Douluo, and Ye Buqun readily accepted.
• Zhu Zhuqing worried about Ye Buqun, but he reassured her that he had been hoping for a match like this.
• Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Dugu Bo agreed to spar with Ye Buqun, and Xue Ye ordered the imperial arena prepared.
• Ye Buqun faced the three Title Douluo before a crowd of royal descendants and nobles, while Zhu Zhuqing and Xiaoyao watched from the stands.
• Chen Xin summoned his Seven Kill Sword, Dugu Bo manifested a green snake, and Gu Rong raised a Bone Dragon as the match began.

Ye Buqun revealed his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor martial soul and endured a coordinated attack from Poison Douluo and Bone Douluo. He then displayed nine hundred-thousand-year soul rings, prompting Sword Douluo to challenge him before Xue Ye stopped the fight.

• Ye Buqun summoned the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor and revealed nine soul rings, stunning Xue Ye, the royal descendants, and Cat Girl Xiaoyao.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin, Bone Douluo Gu Rong, and Poison Douluo Dugu Bo attacked Ye Buqun together, but their assault left him nowhere to be seen on the arena floor.
• Cat Girl Xiaoyao spotted Ye Buqun hovering above the arena with the God-Slaying Sword and nine hundred-thousand-year red soul rings.
• Sword Douluo prepared to unleash his ninth soul skill, and Ye Buqun readied his own power to meet him.
• Xue Ye ordered the fighters to stop, and Sword Douluo and Ye Buqun withdrew their attacks and landed on the ground.

After Sword Douluo and Ye Buqun’s match, Xue Ye offered Ye Buqun an imperial post, but Ye Buqun accepted only a position that let him remain free. At the welcoming banquet, Xiao Yao’s enormous appetite drew the emperor’s attention, and Ning Fengzhi explained how she had been captured and sold.

• Xue Ye halted the match after seeing Ye Buqun’s peerless strength and invited him to become Heaven Dou’s Imperial Advisor.
• Ye Buqun declined a binding post, then accepted an honorary Imperial Advisor appointment and Senior Guest Elder status.
• Xue Ye ordered a welcoming banquet for Ye Buqun, Ning Fengzhi, and the others.
• Xiao Yao eagerly devoured the feast, and Zhu Zhuqing told Ye Buqun she had already eaten seven bags of dried fish.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Ye that Xiao Yao was a mutated cat martial soul master who had been captured and sold before Ye Buqun and Zhu Zhuqing rescued her.

After leaving the imperial palace, Ye Buqun warned Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi about Spirit Hall before taking Zhu Zhuqing and Xiaoyao to visit the Clear Sky Sect. On the journey, Xiaoyao revealed her Martial Soul and first soul skill, and the three arrived at their destination.

• Xue Ye gave Ye Buqun an Imperial Advisor token, and Ye Buqun warned him and Ning Fengzhi that Spirit Hall harbored sinister intentions.
• Ye Buqun said he could be found at Soto Great Soul Arena, then left the palace with Zhu Zhuqing and Xiaoyao on his sword.
• Ye Buqun told Zhu Zhuqing and Xiaoyao he was taking them to the Clear Sky Sect, and Xiaoyao shared what she knew about the sect.
• Ye Buqun asked Xiaoyao about her cultivation, and she said she was level nineteen and revealed her Little Spirit Cat Martial Soul.
• Xiaoyao explained that her first soul skill, Cat Transformation, let her completely transform into a Little Spirit Cat, and Zhu Zhuqing reassured her that she and Ye Buqun would stay by her side.
• Ye Buqun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiaoyao landed at the location indicated by Ye Buqun's system.

Ye Buqun brought Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Yao to the Clear Sky Sect’s hidden village and used his Clear Sky Hammer to gain an audience with its main branch disciples. After demanding to meet the Sect Master, he challenged the disciples’ doubts by asking whether they believed he could kill the Howling Sky Douluo.

• Ye Buqun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Yao arrived at the Clear Sky Sect’s village, where outer branch disciples surrounded them and accused them of being from Spirit Hall.
• Ye Buqun unleashed a trace of his Asura Domain, freezing the farmers and dispelling their Martial Souls and soul rings.
• Ye Buqun revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, and the outer branch disciples invited the trio into the village while they reported his arrival.
• Tang Long, Tang Tian, and Tang Yu came to meet Ye Buqun, and Tang Long asked whether he was Tang San.
• Ye Buqun said he had a significant connection to the sect and demanded to meet its Sect Master, the Howling Sky Douluo.
• When Tang Long questioned whether the sect could trust him, Ye Buqun challenged the disciples to consider whether he could kill their Sect Master.

Ye Buqun and his companions sought an audience with Clear Sky Sect's sect master, and Tang Long tested their strength and speed before leading them toward the sect. They reached a sheer mountain passage, where Tang Long began leaping up the cliff toward the summit.

• Tang Yu attacked Ye Buqun with his Clear Sky Hammer, but Ye Buqun knocked him down with a small hammer without releasing his Soul Rings.
• Tang Long, Tang Yu, and Tang Tian agreed to guide Ye Buqun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Yao toward the sect master.
• Tang Long and the others raced ahead to test their visitors, but Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Yao kept pace, and Ye Buqun ran alongside Tang Long.
• The group left the village and reached a steep cliff, where Tang Long leaped upward using recesses in the rock face.

Ye Buqun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Yao proved they could climb the cliff guarding the Clear Sky Sect, impressing Tang Long and the others. Tang Long led them toward another barrier and explained that they would have to cross it to enter the sect.

• Tang Long, Tang Tian, and Tang Yu climbed the cliff and taunted Ye Buqun's group from the summit.
• Zhu Zhuqing refused Ye Buqun's offer to carry her and climbed the cliff using her Hell Spirit Cat claws.
• Ye Buqun carried the frightened Xiao Yao up the cliff with his feet alone, astonishing Tang Yu and the others.
• Tang Yu ran toward the Clear Sky Sect's heartland, and the others followed him through the steep mountain terrain.
• Tang Long rebuked Tang Yu, then spoke more politely to Ye Buqun and said they would have to cross the next barrier to enter the sect.

Ye Buqun’s group followed Tang Long and the others toward Clear Sky Sect, but used sword flight instead of crossing the dangerous chains. An eagle-shaped Soul Beast attacked the chain and threw Tang Long, Tang Yu, and Tang Tian into the abyss, though their safety ropes caught them.

• Tang Yu and Tang Tian crossed the first chain checkpoint, and Tang Long invited Ye Buqun’s group to follow.
• Ye Buqun said they would not need to cross the chains on foot, then flew over the ravines with Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Yao on a massive sword.
• Tang Long and the others reached the frosted chain between the sixth and seventh peaks and tied safety ropes around themselves before crossing.
• Ye Buqun flew past and mocked Tang Yu and the others for crossing the chains on foot, provoking Tang Yu’s anger.
• An eagle-shaped Soul Beast dove at the chain and made it sway violently, throwing Tang Long, Tang Yu, and Tang Tian off while their ropes kept them from falling to their deaths.

Ye Buqun saved Tang Long, Tang Yu, and Tang Tian from an Eagle Soul Beast and accompanied them to the Clear Sky Sect. After revealing his name and promising he was a friend, he was brought inside to meet the Sect Master, where a stern old man questioned the group.

• The Eagle Soul Beast knocked Tang Long, Tang Yu, and Tang Tian from the chain and attacked them, but Ye Buqun caught them with his giant sword before they fell into the abyss.
• Tang Yu used his fifth soul skill, Thousand Jin Hammer, to slow the Eagle Soul Beast and smash its head, killing it.
• Tang Long and the others led Ye Buqun's group across the gorges to the Clear Sky Sect, where the gatekeepers admitted them after seeing Ye Buqun's Clear Sky Hammer.
• Ye Buqun told Tang Long that his name was Ye Buqun and said he was the sect's friend with an important matter to discuss.
• As the group headed toward the Sect Master, a tall, thin old man approached and demanded to know what they were doing there.

Ye Buqun arrived at the Clear Sky Sect seeking Tang Xiao and claimed his business concerned Tang Xiao’s grandfather. The confrontation drew the sect’s elders, leaving Ye Buqun facing Tang Xiao and the Second through Fifth Elders.

• The Seventh Elder challenged Ye Buqun’s presence, and the disciples accused him of being a Spirit Hall spy and prepared to attack.
• Tang Hu objected to swarming Ye Buqun, but the crowd released their martial souls until Tang Xiao and Tang Yuehua arrived.
• Ye Buqun told Tang Xiao that he had come to discuss Tang Xiao’s grandfather, then refused to speak privately after Tang Xiao invited him inside.
• Tang Xiao warned that the sect would stop Ye Buqun from leaving unless he explained himself, and Ye Buqun welcomed the challenge.
• The Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Elders arrived, and the Second Elder asked Tang Xiao and the Seventh Elder what was happening.

Ye Buqun’s arrival at Clear Sky Sect sparked suspicion and a confrontation after he revealed an evolved Asura Domain. He challenged the sect to defeat him, and Seventh Elder accepted, with their fight set to take place at Iron Chain Mountain Stream.

• Tang Yu confronted Ye Buqun, and Ye Buqun’s Asura Domain suppressed the martial souls and soul rings of the disciples surrounding him.
• Tang Xiao and the elders recognized Ye Buqun’s domain as an evolved form of the Divine Slaughter’s Domain.
• Ye Buqun said the sect could learn why he had come by defeating him, and Second Elder assigned Tang Long to fight him.
• Seventh Elder objected that Tang Long’s match would be unfair and accepted Ye Buqun’s challenge himself.
• The sect members moved to Iron Chain Mountain Stream, where Zhu Zhuqing warned Ye Buqun to be careful and Xiao Yao encouraged him.

Ye Buqun faced the Clear Sky Sect's Seventh Elder, a Title Douluo known as Blazing Sun, on the chain bridge. After the elder launched a crushing hammer attack, Ye Buqun met it with his bare fist, and the clash left the watching sect members stunned.

• The Clear Sky Sect's Fifth Elder urged the Seventh Elder to teach Ye Buqun a harsh lesson, while Tang Xiao asked that the youth be captured alive and questioned.
• The Seventh Elder and Ye Buqun each leaped onto the slippery chain bridge and stood firmly, impressing the watching disciples.
• The Seventh Elder revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and nine soul rings, and the disciples learned he was the Title Douluo Blazing Sun.
• Ye Buqun refused to summon his Martial Soul and claimed the Seventh Elder would have no chance if he did.
• The Seventh Elder attacked with a gravity-like force and a huge hammer blow, and Ye Buqun punched straight at the hammerhead.

Ye Buqun battled the Clear Sky Sect’s Blazing Sun Douluo and revealed a blood-red Clear Sky Hammer with eight black soul rings and one red ring. After Tang Xiao took over the fight and launched a Sumeru Hammer, the chapter ended with the outcome of their clash undecided.

• Ye Buqun blocked the Blazing Sun Douluo’s hammer with his fist and forced him back, shocking the Clear Sky Sect disciples.
• The Blazing Sun Douluo activated his Martial Soul Clone and unleashed the Blazing Sun Chaotic Hammer Strike.
• Ye Buqun revealed his blood-red Clear Sky Hammer, eight black soul rings, one red soul ring, and the shadow of a Nine-Headed Bat, reminding the elders of Tang Chen.
• Ye Buqun deflected the Blazing Sun Douluo’s attacks with the Blood-Red Disorderly Cloak Hammer, and Tang Xiao ordered his uncle to withdraw.
• Tang Xiao charged at Ye Buqun and swung his Sumeru Hammer down toward him.

Ye Buqun defeated Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders mistook him for an enemy from Spirit Hall. After he presented Tang Chen’s Clear Sky Token and revealed that Tang Chen was alive but in trouble, the sect agreed to trust him and await their old sect master’s return.

• Tang Xiao used the Sumeru Hammer against Ye Buqun, but Ye Buqun grew to an enormous size and stopped the strike with one finger.
• The Clear Sky Sect members released their Martial Souls, believing Ye Buqun had come to attack them on Spirit Hall’s behalf.
• Ye Buqun gave Second Elder a golden hammer, which Second Elder recognized as Tang Chen’s Clear Sky Token.
• Ye Buqun told the sect that Tang Chen was alive, had run into trouble, and that he had promised to help him.
• Tang Xiao and the elders agreed to honor and trust Ye Buqun, and Second Elder returned the Clear Sky Token to him.

Ye Buqun became the Clear Sky Sect’s acting leader and returned to the Soto Great Soul Arena with Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Yao. After Xiao Yao and Zhu Zhuqing advanced, he gave Xiao Yao the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, which raised her Soul Power close to level thirty.

• The Clear Sky Sect disciples and Tang Xiao bowed to the Clear Sky Token and accepted Ye Buqun as their temporary leader.
• Ye Buqun said he would help the Clear Sky Sect and departed with Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Yao on his sword.
• At the Soto Great Soul Arena, Meng Yiran tried to pet Xiao Yao, but Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Buqun stopped her and Ye Buqun explained Xiao Yao’s past.
• Ye Buqun raised Qian Xunji’s card Soul Power Level to ninety-six, while Zhu Zhuqing reached Soul Power Level forty and Xiao Yao reached level twenty.
• Ye Buqun took Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Yao to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Rings, then gave Xiao Yao the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone after she obtained her second yellow Soul Ring.
• Xiao Yao absorbed the Immortal Herb with help from Zhu Zhuqing, Meng Yiran, and the others, and her Soul Power rose to nearly level thirty.

Ye Buqun and Doudou traveled by carriage toward Longxing City, but a fake Star Luo checkpoint surrounded them and tried to rob them. The impostors turned out to be Bule and his companions, who prepared to fight Ye Buqun and Doudou.

• Ye Buqun received a mission to travel to Longxing City and present an Immortal Herb to the Breaking Clan head, with a reward that increased replicated characters' soul-ring age limits tenfold.
• Ye Buqun and Doudou rented a carriage and were stopped in a mountain ravine by men pretending to be Star Luo soldiers.
• The false captain demanded their Soul Tools and ordered Doudou to submit to an inspection, so Ye Buqun attacked and shattered the soldiers' wooden armor.
• Old Goose, Tianya, and Bule appeared as hidden sentries, revealing that the checkpoint was a scheme to rob travelers.
• Bule recognized Ye Buqun and Doudou and urged Old Goose and Tianya to capture them, while the three prepared for battle.

Ye Buqun annihilated a band of attackers at a pseudo-border checkpoint, then continued with Doudou to the Defense Clan estate, where he warned Titan and Niu Gao that trouble was coming. The clan members dismissed him and Doudou as madmen.

• Tianya, Old Goose, and Bule led their men in an attack on Ye Buqun and Doudou.
• Ye Buqun revealed his nine 100,000-Year Soul Rings and destroyed the attackers with his Sixth Soul Skill, True Myriad Swords Return to Origin.
• Ye Buqun told the stunned carriage driver to continue toward their destination.
• Titan arrived at the Defense Clan estate, where he reunited warmly with his childhood friend Niu Gao and introduced his grandson Tailong.
• Ye Buqun and Doudou appeared on the courtyard wall and warned Titan and Niu Gao that they were in big trouble, but the clansmen laughed and called them madmen.

Heavenly Elephant Huyan Zhen visited the Defense Clan and tried to force Niu Gao, Titan, and Bai He to join the Elephant Armor School under Spirit Hall. Niu Gao angrily rejected him, and Titan demanded that he leave.

• Niu Gao admitted Huyan Zhen and his party to the council hall, where Huyan greeted Niu Gao and Titan.
• Bai He arrived with the Speed Clan and his granddaughter Bai Chenxiang, joining the gathering.
• Huyan Zhen offered to make the three clan chiefs deputy sect masters of the Elephant Armor School and promised preferential treatment from the Pope.
• Niu Gao denounced Huyan Zhen's attempt to bring the clans under Spirit Hall's control and smashed the table in anger.
• Titan stood and told Huyan Zhen that he was unwelcome and should leave.

Huyan Zhen confronted the Defense Clan with Elephant Armor School fighters and three masked figures, sparking a battle with Niu Gao and Titan. Bai He unmasked a masked woman, whose identity remained unknown as the confrontation continued.

• Huyan Zhen mocked Niu Gao and Titan, and Niu Gao activated his Plated Giant Rhinoceros Martial Soul as the Defense Clan rushed to attack.
• Four Elephant Armor School disciples used their Diamond Mammoth Martial Souls to hold off the Defense Clan disciples while Huyan Zhen fought Niu Gao.
• Huyan Zhen blocked Niu Gao’s attack with Bronze Wall Iron Barrier, and Titan moved to join the fight against him.
• A masked woman intercepted Titan, forcing him to stop his attack, and Bai He challenged her speed.
• Bai He reached the masked woman and tore off her mask, revealing a beautiful face before she spoke and stunned the three clan leaders.

Spirit Hall and the Elephant Armor School attacked the Four Single-Attribute Clans, and the council hall collapsed during the ensuing battles. Ye Buqun rescued Bai Chenxiang from Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan's attack, leaving the identity of the last masked person uncertain.

• Ghost Leopard Douluo revealed herself as a Spirit Hall elder and attacked Bai He, who used his speed and clones to hold her off.
• The Elephant Armor School routed the Defense Clan's disciples as Niu Gao fought its Soul Saints and Soul Emperors, while Titan battled Huyan Zhen.
• Huyan Zhen and Titan clashed with their sixth soul skills, bringing down the council hall and turning it into ruins.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan unleashed Golden Stamen Flowing Radiance, cutting down Defense Clan disciples and trapping Bai Chenxiang among the blade-like petals.
• Ye Buqun swept away the petals around Bai Chenxiang and caught her, revealing himself as her rescuer.
• Bai Chenxiang recognized Yue Guan as a Spirit Hall Title Douluo, and the chapter left the identity of the third masked person unresolved.